anyways....so it's been a week. sunday we went to Bro Jon's house (the same one sis rhondeau talked about), cuz his son wanted the missionaries over for a "fruit party" - so we went, and after we got there, sis peggy's entire family showed up....3 of her 4 siblings, and her mom. from what i'm getting with the stories, the sisters first met bro paulus and his mom, taught them the first lesson, and then their mom and her youngest son went back to bali, where they live....and then from bro paulus, somehow they got connected up with sis peggy. anywho...i'd talked to elder meek about what i was planning on doing with bro paulus (he wants to stop smoking, and he has questions about the priesthood....what better match is there to help him understand the priesthood AND stop smoking?!?!), and elder meek took the opportunity to talk about the priesthood, and the apostasy, and why joseph smith is so important...but then it kinda just opened a can of worms with bro paulus (now i know why it's better that the sisters go over there...he's not as forceful -or rude- with us as he was with elder meek), and that got the youngest brother involved, until we basically just left feeling like we'd only worsened the situation between their family...so yesterday we (the sisters) went to where peggy's mom was staying to help her feel more at peace with us, and especially to ask us any questions that she might have. altho everyone else basically just stayed away from us, peggy's mom and bro paulus talked to us the whole time, and we left feeling a lot better about things. she DID have a few questions they wanted to ask us, and so we got a lot of her misunderstanding out of the way...however, she's still not all that interested in the church. but at least she can support peggy a lot more.
we just got back from an appointment (our pday is on saturday this week...) where the mom hasn't eaten since yesterday, and her little daughter hadn't eaten since she ate just a tiny bit of rice this morning. man alive....it's things like that that just make me wanna cry here. the worst part was, we went to go buy some food, but she wouldn't let us....she said she just needed a friend, someone to pray with, and we had done our part. holy crap...this lady has 4 daughters, the 3 oldest work, her husband does who knows what (she said he goes out searching for money all day, and yet he rarely gives her money for food), and the 3 oldest give what they make to their dad, not their mom....so where all that money goes, i have no idea (but i HAVE heard he likes to drink...), but they just sleep in their tiny little one-room shack all day, cuz they have no where to go, and if she goes anywhere, the mom hates making people feel like they hafta give her food....oh, and i forgot to mention that she's forbidden to work for other people. so she has no way to get money, basically, for her and her daughter to eat. seriously...it's ridiculous. most of the time, people ask me for money, and i just automatically get turned off, but with her....i was OFFEREING her food, but she wouldn't take it. crazy crazy...we taught her to pray and read the scriptures to know how to overcome this, and that she needs to think more positively. ugh...it's hard to see people like this.
and....i dunno who i'll be visiting come next week. friday, my new comp is on her way to malang, straight from the philipines MTC. her name is sis sari, she joined the church in Hong Kong, is 27, and fairly tall. she's from the solo/jokja area. i met her while i was in Jakarta on my way here (she was getting ready to go to the philipines), and she seemed pretty cool. i'm hoping we get along...not gonna lie, i'm pretty nervous about being a trainer, but i'm hoping she'll help me stick with a good schedule. i'm REALLY hoping she'll get up in the mornings so i can go running....ugh, i miss running so much. anywho...we'll see! but i'm also excited to be in charge (not the jr comp for the first time...) with someone who i can help shape, and who can help shape me. it'll be a good 2 months, i think :)
oh, and i asked pres for bikes for the sisters here in malang (i'm sick of angkots and walking far, and only getting a few appointments a day when we COULD get more), and he's pretty sure that'll be ok! so i'm FINALLY gonna get to ride a bike! i told sis lie, i'm not gonna make it to solo (they have bikes there), so i'm bringing all that i want from solo to me here malang :) haha. oh, did i mention that i ate dog yesterday?
anywho...it's been a biasa week...nothing too extraordinary, except that there have been a lot of people in the hospital (one with a high fever, another who got splashed with burning hot water....ya, her face did NOT look that good....), christmas was good, i ate too much, sis lie told me yesterday that my stomach is getting big (i told her greg is back...and that she needed to go running with me in the morning, but she said she liked me better with greg than without....ugh), i'm old now....like, seriously, i feel like an old lady, but whateverlah...and ya. i'm just happy to be here in malang, and it's fun getting to know the branch members.
and that's about it. i love you all! thanks for everything, enjoy the new year, don't party too hard, go to bed at a decent time, and remember...the Holy Ghost goes to bed at midnight :P haha. loves!
~Sister Hewlett
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